a-lifian
To live ⬩ vivere
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To live; vivere He geþohte ðæt he wolde on fellenum gegyrelan ealle his dagas his lífes alifian he resolved that he would live all the days of his life in clothing of skins, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 13
steornede
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25
Linked entry: steorn
sweoloþa
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Mid hǽtan and mid swoluðan ardore et aestu, Deut. 28, 22. v. preceding word
bróm
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. ¶ the word occurs in many local names, v. C. D. vi. pp. 263-4. Add
ceoler
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(v. preceding word.) Chelor gurgustium, Txts. 112, 52. [O. L. Ger. kelor gurgustium (Gall. 464): O. H. Ger. celur. Grff. iv. 385. v. Job, c. 40. v. 26.] Cf. ceosol
ge-edhiwod
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Substitute: ge-edhíwian; p. ode To give another shape to Nelle gé beón geedhíwode þissere worulde ac beóð geedhí-wode on níwnysse andgytes eówres nolite conformari huic saeculo, sed reformamini in nouitate sensus uestri, Scint. 58, 3, 4
hind-berige
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Hind*-*berge erimo, 29, 40. the word seems to be used of the strawberry also: Hindberian flaga, 38, 62. Add
reóst
rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed
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; rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed,; Halliw. Dict.) Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28
Wiht-ware
The people of the Isle of Wight
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I. v. preceding word
brand
a fire-brand ⬩ a torch ⬩ burning ⬩ brand
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Add: a fire-brand, a piece of wood that is burning or intended for burning Brand (brond) titio, Txts. 100, 987 : Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 40: torris, 284, 19. Cylle, brond calbrum, ii. 127, 70. Nán brand nolde byrnan under þám wætere, Hml. S. 36, 399.
Linked entry: brand-óm
reordian
to speak, say, talk ⬩ to read
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[He reordien gan, and þas word sæide], Laym. 22174
leornung-cniht
scholar ⬩ disciple
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Ðá undergeat se preóst ðæt hé ne mihte ðone hálgan wer líchamlíce ácwellan, and wolde ðá his leorningcnihta sáwla fordón, Homl. Th. ii. 162, 30
sige-wang
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A plain where victory is won, a glorious plain. where actual fighting has taken place Se mǽsta dǽl ðæs heriges læg on ðam sigewonge, Judth.
hearm
Causing harm or sorrow, grievous, injurious, evil, malicious
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Ne hyld ðú míne heortan ðæt ic hearme word þuruh inwitstæf útforlǽte ut non declines cor meum in verbum malum, Ps. Th. 140, 5
heoru
A sword
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The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds
laga
Law
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Rǽde gé forþ lagan fyrþor ic wolde gif mé tó anhagode proceed further in determining laws; I would, if it were convenient for me, Wulfst, 275, 11
mǽg-scír
A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family
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A division of a people, containing the kinsmen of a particular family Teá monna látwu ofer téno oððe of mégscíre is decanus super x. vel decurio (the glosser seems to have taken de as a separate word) est, Rtl. 193, 19
treów-steall
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Cf. wæter-steall, and next word
twi-gilde
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., where, however, the word might be taken as a case of the noun; cf. án-gilde which is a noun ), L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 20
Linked entries: þri-gilde þri-gilde feówer-gild
þorfan
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Cf. þearfan, and see next word